The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-16
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TurRspAY MORNING.

standing committees were called for. Chair'
man Hiokok of the committee on claims pre-
.ented a list Of claims and recommended
.heir allowance. On motion OF supervisor
yaies the rules were Suspended ana the
,enort If the committee adopted, Chairman
eutter6eld of the committe 10 settle win the
.roh,,e clark and recorder, reported present
ing a statement Of Henry helmig PROBATE
.,erv 70 the effect that the books OF the pro-
bo,e office were behind, and he wanted more
money for clerk hires. The report went on
40 state the condition OF the books when the
present clerk came into office, and what he
had succeeded IN doing toward bunging them
up to the present date, He wanted to get
the back work all brought up, and Tor tha'
purpose wanted more extra help. The am
ount claimed to be spent was Si3l, of which
the board was asked to pay $40. A motion
ans made to suspend the rules, accept the
committees report and allow the probate
clerk the sum asked, but Just as the motion
was abou, to be put, Doc Norton arose aud
beIl forth upon the wickeiness ana deprlv.
it, Of the officers. he wanted to know how
II was that the officers could at any time EN-.
ploy extra help and charge it up to the coun-
Az When the heads Of the department were
off summerng Mt the resorts and didn't At
tend TO business, the book would AMI must
run behind. lie thought that the most Of
tie officers in the court house were getting
pay for doing thing, and were no good
anyway. After MIR. Norton remarks, sup
.ryi.or Bukart held forth on parliamentary
rractice lie didn't know Why it was neces-
.sry TO suspend the rules all the iime-ihat
al these reports should g over anyho" to
the neg, session. TN motion Of Supervisor
Norton this entire question WIS made aspec
ia order Of business for tomorrow morning
1T 9 o'clock.
The committee to settle with the supern
tepdent of schools, then reported through
It's chairman, Supervisor Dresser, presenting
list Of claims The resor. was laid over
ill to morrow.
Supervisor Mcintyre, chairman Of the
committee on equalization of lands then re.
ported, recomme ending a number of changes
In the assessment rolls On motion Of Sup
srvisor Fischer the rules we're suspended and
Al . 1, 10 ; elnntnH
Supervisor Green, of the committee on gas
and coal, then arose. lie was in trouble
lis committee had lost ,s prestge-lost its
prominence-hadn't anything to do, and felt
slighted He told a story which was very
pathetic. and said he wanted the chair to
kang up the committee and frame it. The
chair attempted to pacify the gentleman,
and WAS in some measure successful On
motion Of Supervisor Griffin the committee
WIS made mighty by being empowered to
purchase the coal and gas. These cOmmo
dities are both supplied by previous contract
aor some time to come, bu. that sounded big
just the same, and pacihed the committee.
Just then there was something or other.
we didn't notice what il was. maybe it was
little fly on his nose-bu anyway it start
ed up Doc Norton again. He rose with his
his chair. leaned forward as though he we're
in pain, and held forth on the meanness
and smallness, and penuricusness Of the OF.
tawa Business Mems Association in using
that room for their deliberations without
paying for the gas lie thought that soci
ETY. of business men, who had more money
than they could uss-had money to give
away to enterprises for the increase And
Capitalization Of wealth in their own city,
ought to have more maniness than to sponge
On La Sale county for their gas bills Jus;
what bearing all this has on the question
before the house we were unable to perceive,
in fact, there wasn't any motion before the
house, and Norton didn, make any. After
Norton sat down Supervisors Griffin, Fisher
and others expressed the opinion that ,bc
Business men Of Ottawa were welcome TO
she room whenever they wished to discuss
Ylsns for the advancement. of any interests
within the county. Norton said the ice
water cost too much, and the county ought
10 make them pay for 1t.
The chair smiled benignly on all the gen.
slemen present, and called for further busi.
ness 10 come before the board The com
n4ittce on indictments reported on the matters
rs'srred to them Tuesday. The petitions of
she Western Union Telegraph Company, of
John Finn, OF D. Hapemln, and Of " 4
Eapeman & Son, were al. refused, and the
petition of Randall Castle was re referred to
the committee Of claims. On motion Of
Supervisor Fades the rules were suspended
and the report Of the committee adopted
Supervisor Lewis, o.; Deer Park. then
arose and protested against this free and
Wholesale suspension of the rules lie
lbousht that the boeri should either 10
away with the rules or live up to them
The chairman OF the committee to settle
Nth the state charitable institutions then
reported, recommending the necessary mp.
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